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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 16, 2026 at 15:21
Avon Heath CP (near Qinetiq site)
Avon Heath CP covers a relatively vast area with the furthest reaches impossible for me to safely get to and return to the parking place. So I applied for, and was given, special consent to drive my car across the park (on a vehicle track!) to a remote corner! This…
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 15, 2026 at 12:21
Montacute House (NT)
My first return to Montacute in about 15 years! A little disappointed that the upper floors are currently inaccessible due to ongoing repair activity on the staircases, both of which I've always thought impressive in their own right given the age of the building. Still the exhibition in the South…
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 15, 2026 at 10:40
St Martin’s, Kingsbury Episcopi
After Ham Hill today we went to visit some old friends who have retired to live in nearby South Petherton. And since we were there it was an ideal opportunity to visit St Martin's Church in also nearby Kingsbury Episcopi. Like many folk I'm fascinated by places with unusual names,…
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 15, 2026 at 07:29
Ham Hill, Stoke-sub-Hamdon
Over the years I have driven past Stoke-sub-Hamdon's war memorial that is perched, via prominently, atop Ham Hill, saying to myself "One day I must have walk there." Well today was that day, and in the process I also discovered the marvellous landscape that is Ham Hill Country Park, a…
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4 days ago
Well @Mandi we looked and we looked but neither spotted you or anybody waving in our general direction! :-( LOL
Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 15, 2026 at 06:23
Sherborne Abbey
First stop (07:30) on a sunny awayday with a walk around the abbey close in Sherborne! Oot and aboot before it got stupid hot. Sherborne Abbey is constructed primarily from Ham Hill stone (often called Ham Stone), a distinctive Middle Jurassic honey-coloured oolitic limestone quarried at nearby Ham Hill (our…
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 12, 2026 at 10:40
Lymington Sea Wall
Another scorchio walk, this time along part of the glorious Lymington Sea Wall. Delicious sea breeze was very refreshing, it took the edge off the searing heat!
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 11, 2026 at 18:04
Alderholt, ido Cranborne’s Christmas Tree 'factory'
Each time we drive to Cranborne to walk in the glebe meadow I pass a sign for 'Christmas trees' on the outskirts of Alderholt. On this evening we explored the footpath there, and ultimately we came across a large area where mature Christmas trees were growing! Along the path we…
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 11, 2026 at 06:11
QECP with The Aunties
School summer holidays walk with The Aunties at Queen Elizabeth Country Park. The hillside is very steep, I walked along a high level trail bike track, Rona on the other hand went off piste!
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 10, 2026 at 14:41
Bickton Mill to Fordingbridge’s waste water ‘recycling’ centre
A happy return to a lovely section of the Avon Valley Path on a scorchingly hot afternoon!
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 9, 2026 at 18:29
Harbridge to Harbridge Green
First time on a short section of the #AvonValleyPath .... this occurred as the devastating heath fire had started (8th August) a few miles away in the New Forest National Park: https://www.hantsfire.gov.uk/incident/firefighters-tackle-large-woodland-fire-in-the-new-forest/
Six days on, the fire service is still on scene, and the main road A31 dual-carriageway that bisects…
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 8, 2026 at 17:28
Top of Okeford Hill, Okeford Fitzpaine
Return to an old favourite for a summer's evening walk on the top of Okeford Hill. This time we crossed a field, passing the Okeford Beacon and a horse racing circuit, the surface of which appeared to be shredded fabrics. It was curious to look at and even stranger to…
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 8, 2026 at 07:47
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 7, 2026 at 14:52
Stagbury Mount, Furzley
STOP PRESS: Green grass growing on Stagbury Hill!!!
GPS fail at end :-(
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 7, 2026 at 09:05
Bickerley Millstream/Meadow
Less than six months ago this meadow was under several feet of flood water after the Avon burst its banks.
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Rona 🐶 + John 🤦🏼♂️ went for a hike
August 6, 2026 at 10:00
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4 days ago
We didn't find you here either @Mandi! :-)